The Accolade A Race With Barbara Frayne
A courtroom drama unfolds as Lambert, an impulsive juror, shadows the Emory case while Ferris Barstow defends the accused. Gilbert, the prosecutor, presses his case with forged Shaw checks surfacing. Lambert pursues Barbara Frayne, racing through dust and danger as tensions rise over truth, loyalty, and justice.
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Emory Cage
Mr. Lambert
Ferris Barstow
Mice Emory
Gregory Bhaw
Deake Gilbert
Dudley
Barbara Frayne
Emory
Barbara
Madeleine Mapes
Betty Field
Abe
Barstow
Mr. Hunt
Lambert
Gilbert
Barbara Prayne
Alice Emory
Hunt
Corning
Lambert Bia
Henryville
Miss Frayne
Melton House
Miss Barbara
German Helmets as Comfortable as Cloth Hats
The article notes German military helmets, though steel, are light and more comfortable than a bowler. A metal ring with leather keeps the helmet in place, a brass spike provides ventilation, and large crown holes improve internal airflow, making a paper-thin steel bowler.
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Manchester Guardian
Poor Fallow Husband Walks In Shed
Fragmentary London Answers item reports a curt, garbled line about a man walking in a shed and a distressed, unclear exchange involving Mrs Go and Mrs Youngwed, with mention of exercise and a “fallow.” The readable text suggests a brief, odd observed incident without clear names or events.
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London
Khedive of Egypt switches sides amid European bets
A survey of far reaching shifts reports Abbas Hilmi’s possible deposition and Ahmed el Sarti’s potential claim amid Britain Egypt tensions. Italy backs Senussi plans as Turkey aligns, while France tones down frontier breaches and a new Khedive leadership looms in Cairo.
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Egypt
England
Lavion
Jan
Abbas
Turkey
Khedive Bayeen
Constantinople
Nile
Britain
Constantiule
Interint
Ahmed ¢l Scarie
Ahmed el Searte
Abbas Hilmi
Italy
Tripoli
Abbas Hilmni
Tewfk Pasha
New Oversea Flier Planned for Wanamaker America II
Curtiss after talks with Rodman Wanamaker describes the America II transatlantic flying boat. It will be safer with contingencies for rest or repairs and greater carrying capacity. Wing span exceeds 100 feet, planes deeper, and the gap widened. The bolt design follows Wanamaker’s earlier model but enlarged to carry three people.
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Canal
Washington
Janu
Priday Pletcher
Atlantic
Secretary of the Navy
Me. Deniels
Pacific Coast
Panama Pacific
San Francisco
Fimpton Roads
Fletcher
Panama Canal
West Coast
Exposition Grounds
Presidio of
Wilson
Daniels
Garrison
War Department
Hampton Roads
Chile
Argentina
Brazil
Acc
Hammondsport
New York
Rodman Wanamaker
America
Wanamaker
Curtiss
61St
Fight on Skis In the Vosges
Dispatches from Geneva report French and German troops skirmishing on skis in the Vosges. Strong encounters occurred between Belfort and Verdun as the Chasseurs Alpins outmaneuver German forces, with a unit at Brosel, Alsace, breaking through the forest to seize German scouts as prisoners.
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Vosges
Rome
Geneva
Belfort
Verdun
Chasseurs Alpins
Brosel
Alsace
Haven of Peace In War in Neutral French Districts
Paris reports neutral peaceful French districts on the Swiss border four months into the war. The Haute Savoie towns Saint Julien Bonneville and Thougn include the spa city Eciin les Bains. By the 1815 Treaty of Vi nad these areas remained French despite wartime upheaval.
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Paris
France
The
Excelsior
Switzerland
Haute Savoie
Saint Julien
Bonneville
Thougn
Eciin-les- Bains
Viruo
Vitnad
Belgian Postoffice In France Becomes World’s Notable Stamp Hub
London reports a small Havre district post office, now Belgian soil, valued by stamp collectors. Collectors buy postmarked stamps including embossed 5 centimes and 2 and 1 centime stamps, and some seek official envelopes signed by the censor for triple souvenirs, making it highly profitable among offices of its size.
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France
London
Ste. Adresse
Havre
Belgium
Ttst
Brother Against Brother In Alsace
In Thann Germany Jan 17 fighting rages as mothers face sons in German ranks. The Alsace population split after 1870 now pits cousin against cousin and brother against brother amid renewed violence. Elsewhere reports note famine districts in China to be reclaimed. General Davin reports American engineers found a flood and famine region in north central China near Shanghai with 1.9 million potential survivors. four months of field study yielded a detailed report and the engineers faced hardships during the project.
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Alsace
Thann
Germany
Vosges
Washington
George W. Davin
United States Army
Central Committee
The
American National Red Cross
Ted Crows
China
Cty
Shanghai
American Engineering Party
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